Here's an article on the OLPCorps selection process and what went wrong. My team wasn't chosen. But, why not? I have a feeling that OLPC wasn't looking for projects in any of the 53 African countries, but instead, almost entirely in sub-saharan Africa. And, that's totally understandable, but why did the company say that students "can travel to one of the 53 African countries of their choosing" to implement their project? If they had limited the countries, I wouldn't have wasted 2 weeks writing proposals and talking to NGOs to establish our program. Clearly, this project sounded too good to be true. But, it's just unfortunate for all parties involved that it really was too good to be true.
The link above is an interesting article that sheds some light on why some proposals were accepted and others weren't, since there is nothing on laptop.org or the OLPCorps wiki.
So, I am back on the summer internship hunt.
